LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that leading securities litigator and trusted board advisor Caroline Hickey Zalka has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Litigation Department. Zalka defends companies, boards and senior executives in a wide range of shareholder litigation and complex business disputes, with a particular focus on
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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady today announced that Megan Bowman has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Bowman advises on the full artificial intelligence (AI) lifecycle, from conception and development through deployment, commercialization and exit. She counsels clients on all aspects of AI development,
The growing appetite among BigLaw partners to abandon traditional firm structures and establish specialist practices has prompted London-based consultancy Kindleworth to open a New York office. The expansion reflects a significant shift in the US legal market, where soaring partner compensation, increasing mobility and frustration with large-firm economics are creating opportunities for independent law firm
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Article source: Bacchus Family Law, FL Picking a divorce lawyer is one of the first big choices you make when a marriage ends. And it shapes almost everything that comes after. The person you hire will guide you through property splits, custody plans, support payments, and sometimes court. A good fit can save you money,
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Leading New Zealand franchise lawyer Stewart Germann ONZM has written what is described as the country’s first comprehensive guide to franchise law, addressing an industry that operates without dedicated franchise legislation. New Zealand may be the world’s most franchised country per capita, but its franchise sector operates under general commercial law rather than a dedicated
The headline number is enormous, but what it’s made of is more interesting. For decades, BigLaw has enshined the idea that time is money and now A&O Shearman is taking that literally by asking its lawyers to spend some of their billable hours building technology that could eventually make a good many of them unnecessary.
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Power Point: Women in New Zealand lead the judiciary, head the litigation teams at two of New Zealand’s biggest firms and make up most of the profession. But former Law Society President Jacque Lethbridge says the room in a major commercial case still looks remarkably male. She explains why that is and how to fix
Venable LLP announced today that Amber Healy has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice in Los Angeles. Ms. Healy represents employers in high-stakes wage-and-hour class, collective, and representative actions, including matters under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Ms. Healy has litigated hundreds of class, collective, and representative actions for employers
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(November 9, 2026) – Jason M. Branciforte (Washington, D.C.), A. John Harper III (Houston) and Theodora R. Lee (Dallas, Walnut Creek), shareholders at Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, have been selected as fellows of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (the College), joining the organization’s distinguished 2026 class. The trio was formally inducted at
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ADGM Court finds Dr Shetty and Prasanth Manghat liable on all counts, with sums in excess of USD 5bn indicated Following the recent USD 600m settlement of related ADGM and London proceedings with Bank of Baroda, Quinn Emanuel, acting for the Joint Administrators of NMC Health, Richard Fleming and Benjamin Cairns of Alvarez & Marsal, has won
